Nursery Educator Apprentice (Level 3)

Blackdown Childrens Day Nursery

WELLINGTON (TA21 9PH)

Closes in 19 days (Sunday 5 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 September 2025

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Summary

We are looking for a passionate, dedicated Nursery Practitioner Apprentice to join our friendly team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified Early Years Practitioner to build a career in a supportive and stimulating environment. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality care and education to children aged 0–5 years.

Wage

£26,000 a year

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Training course
Early years educator (level 3)
Hours
The setting is open 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday. We can offer 4 or 5 days a week for this position.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 20 October 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

  •  Adhere to the required standards, ratios and conditions of registration.
  • To be proactive in maintaining health and safety requirements and standards.
  • Actively promote and support the safeguarding of children in the nursery.
  • Contribute to ongoing risk assessments within your designated room on the nursery provision (equipment, activities, environment and children/adults).
  • To monitor and record accidents and incidents, reporting to the nursery manager as appropriate
  • To be aware of the nursery’s emergency and security procedures, ensuring that they are followed at all times
  • Maintain a safe, clean, tidy, hygienic and organised room, ensuring that the environment has a welcoming and caring attitude
  • Participate in and contribute to effective systems of evaluation and monitoring as part of the development process of the nursery provision, e.g. cohort tracking
  • Use systems (IT and paperwork-based) to assess, monitor and develop the children’s individual progress
  • Support daily registration procedures for children within their designated rooms and ensure that handovers are effectively and sensitively handled
  • Be responsible for, and work with key families of children, monitoring and supporting their individual development, working in partnership with their parents
  • Support the nutritional needs of all the children attending the nursery
  • Implement individual child ‘action plans’ in response to children's specific needs and in conjunction with the Nursery’s SENCo
  • Actively uphold positive values, attitudes and good behaviour

Where you'll work

THE BUNGALOW
CHELSTON
WELLINGTON
TA21 9PH

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON COLLEGE

Training course

Early years educator (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
  • Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
  • Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
  • Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
  • Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
  • Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
  • Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
  • Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
  • Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
  • Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
  • Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
  • Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
  • Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
  • Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
  • Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
  • Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
  • Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
  • Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
  • Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
  • Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
  • Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.
  • Recognise when a child or a colleague is in danger or at risk of abuse and act to protect them in line with safeguarding policy and procedure.
  • Apply legislation, policy and procedure to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of children in the setting (for example, food safety, diets, starting solid food, allergies, COSHH, and accidents, injuries, and emergencies).
  • Apply the principles of risk assessment and risk management within documentation and practice.
  • Teach children to develop skills to manage risk and maintain their own and others safety.
  • Use a range of communication methods, including technology, with other professionals to meet the individual needs of the child.
  • Develop and maintain effective professional, collaborative relationships with others involved in the education and care of the child.
  • Undertake the role and responsibilities of key person.
  • Recognise and apply theories of attachment to develop effective relationships with children.
  • Provide sensitive and respectful personal care for children from birth to 5 years.
  • Advocate for all children’s needs, including children which require SEND or EAL support.
  • Promote and facilitate children’s interpersonal communication to develop their social interactions and relationships.
  • Support children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture.
  • Support children to understand and respond to their emotions and make considered choices about their behaviours.
  • Assess the responsiveness of the environment for effective child-centred experiences in line with curriculum requirements.
  • Create inclusive, child-centred, dynamic, innovative, and evolving physical environments both indoors and outdoors.
  • Create inclusive and supportive emotional environment that enables the child to feel safe, secure, respected and experience a sense of wellbeing; maintaining and prioritising the individual child’s voice.
  • Apply strategies that support children’s ability to manage change, transition, and significant events.
  • Analyse observation evidence to assess and plan holistic individual learning based on a comprehensive understanding of the child’s needs and interests.
  • Facilitate and support child-centred opportunities and experiences based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
  • Provide adult led opportunities and experience based on the setting's curriculum and pedagogy.
  • Use reflection to develop themselves both professionally and personally.

Training schedule

Training will take place at Taunton College, Wellington Rd, Taunton TA1 5AX.

Working towards the Level 3 Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard.

Weekly classes with blended delivery (approx every 4 weeks, face-to-face).

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4-9/A-C)
  • Maths (grade 4-9/A-C)

Desirable qualifications

T Level in:

Early Years (grade Pass)

Other in:

Early Years Practitioner (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Physical fitness

About this employer

Blackdown is a well-established nursery in Wellington, Somerset, known for its nurturing environment and commitment to high-quality early years education. The nursery emphasizes a child-centered approach, encouraging learning through play and exploration in a safe and stimulating setting.

After this apprenticeship

  • A potential permanent, full-time position with flexible working hours.
  • Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
  • A warm and collaborative working environment.
  • Opportunities to progress within the nursery and wider early years sector.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BRIDGWATER AND TAUNTON COLLEGE

Tasha Astill

business@btc.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000342416.

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Closes in 19 days (Sunday 5 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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